The Newtown Board of Education will be asking the town to make room for more armed police officers in its budget.

In a meeting Thursday, the board voted to request the town to add full time uniformed school resource officers to its four elementary school s for the next fiscal year was approved this evening.
The officers would be Newtown police officers.

“Our parents are demanding of us that things are made safe and secure and certain measures areput in place,” said Chairwoman Debbie Leidlein. “So we’re being very thoughtful.”

Multiple police officers have been stationed at all Newtown schools since the December 14th shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary killed twenty children and 6 teachers. Those officers will remain at the school through the remainder of the school year. For the next fiscal year, resource officers were budgeted only to be at Middle and High Schools.

Parents say security involves more than a police presence. “My main concern is with accessibility to these school, said Neil Johnson, a parent of two Newtown students. “On december 14th that was the main bare-boned reason that occurred.”

“After what happened in our community, i just think we should go over and above and provide a shining example for the rest of the world and protect our kids,” said resident Donna Lorenz.
Members of the Board of Education will be meeting Friday with state and federal officials on securing additions funding for school security.

betcha if we put police everywhere we will have spent unwisely. I got no problem with police or policing. I got big problem with police stationed at the malls, the schools, the airports, the.. the.. the..

growing gov't is not good. k. JFC they are the most inefficient means to an end, most folks agree. they can't even deliver mail without going bankrupt.

We have the laws, we have the records (see the thread breaking down crime stats in mass. and note 80% of all violent crime comes from folks already in the DOJ system) and we don't make the DOJ accountable.

Yet, you want me to sign off on more police, more DOJ lawlessness. No.

Make the DOJ work as is except you know, uh, better, put trained physicians back in charge of DOJ appointed nuthouses for the nuts like spanky at sandy hook and call me in the morning.

betcha if we put police everywhere we will have spent unwisely. I got no problem with police or policing. I got big problem with police stationed at the malls, the schools, the airports, the.. the.. the..

growing gov't is not good. k. JFC they are the most inefficient means to an end, most folks agree. they can't even deliver mail without going bankrupt.

We have the laws, we have the records (see the thread breaking down crime stats in mass. and note 80% of all violent crime comes from folks already in the DOJ system) and we don't make the DOJ accountable.

Yet, you want me to sign off on more police, more DOJ lawlessness. No.

Make the DOJ work as is except you know, uh, better, put trained physicians back in charge of DOJ appointed nuthouses for the nuts like spanky at sandy hook and call me in the morning.

Meanwhile, the citizens of the Sandy Hook community agree with the NRA.